[ANN] BITCOIN CHIPIN is here!

[bitstarter]

This is SO STINKING COOL!!

Feature request: List active widgets, especially those that have received contributions!

Are you going to integrate with bitstarter? (http://bitstarter.weebly.com/)

That is an old site! wow   http://www.bitcoinstarter.com  is it ... and good job with bitcoinchipin!

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[MemoryDealers]

That is an old site! wow   http://www.bitcoinstarter.com  is it ... and good job with bitcoinchipin!

If you have any ideas on how we can work together,  I am happy to cooperate.

[bitstarter]

That is an old site! wow   http://www.bitcoinstarter.com  is it ... and good job with bitcoinchipin!

If you have any ideas on how we can work together,  I am happy to cooperate.

Hello! Why of course ...just got to think how. Let me brainstorm a little bit and see how we integrate this into our system as we have our own system but obviously the more exposure to projects the better. I'll PM you or respond here 

[Bitcoin Oz]

This website reminds me of an ice cream and I want to lick the screen.

[dooglus]

Some clue as to what format you want the end date field would be useful.

I guessed, and got to a page that says:
  {"msg":" The following fields are invalid: date"}

Does it want mm/dd/yy?  dd/mm/yy/  ddmmyy?

I tried "111212", "3rd Dec 2012", "3/12/12" (which got me to a page saying just "{"id":80}"), "12/'12/12", "3/12/12" again (which got me: '{"msg":"Widget for this Bitcoin address already generated"}', so I guess the id:80 message was a success message...

[later] Ah, it turns out I have to have javascript enabled - then clicking the date field pops up a calendar.  It would be useful if the site told me it needed javascript to work properly.

Also, clicking the "create a free widget" link at the top of the page seems to do nothing but take me back to the page I'm already on.

[dooglus]

I enabled Javascript, reloaded the page, and created a widget.

It says "raised so far: 2.43 BTC (0 BTC)" - surely some mistake?

[dooglus]

I tried again with a different address, leaving the currency selection at the default value of 'BTC', and again it puts two different BTC amounts - the true one, and "0 BTC" under it:



Also, is there any way to modify an existing widget, if I wanted to switch the target, or the end date or currency say?  It won't let me make a 2nd widget for the same address.

[Mike Hearn]

To make sure I fully understand this, when you contribute, the fund-raising entity gets the money. If the goal is not reached, is there any support for refunds?

I understand the desire to make a Kickstarter style system, and this is a really nice start. The next step is to upgrade the core Bitcoin software so true assurance contracts become possible - I should be able to "chip in" funds that are not taken from my wallet until the goal is reached. The protocol for this is described here:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts#Example_3:_Assurance_contracts

It can be combined with multi-signature outputs to produce dispute-mediated fundraisers.

The programming is a little tricky, but I'd feel much safer chipping in to something where the money would only be taken from my wallet on successful completion of the goal.

[kiba]

To make sure I fully understand this, when you contribute, the fund-raising entity gets the money. If the goal is not reached, is there any support for refunds?

I understand the desire to make a Kickstarter style system, and this is a really nice start. The next step is to upgrade the core Bitcoin software so true assurance contracts become possible - I should be able to "chip in" funds that are not taken from my wallet until the goal is reached. The protocol for this is described here

It doesn't seems to be a kickstarter system to me because it's more than just a fancy widget that show much money are raised.

[ptshamrock]

Please create a WORDPRess Plugin !

[MemoryDealers]

Please create a WORDPRess Plugin !

It is coming,  plus a whole lot more.
Check my first post for all the details of what is in the works.

[Nyhm]

Love it & I've got one now. Title font seems a bit too big (not like your site's display model); pushes the rest of the widget contents down:

http://bitcoingamelist.com/about.php

I can adjust the font with my own CSS, but wanted to show this to you as a (very minor) failure case. Maybe consider white-space:nowrap (but only if font is guaranteed to fit horizontally, of course). Best wishes!

UPDATE: I've tweaked the widget code (on the site above) to fit better. Very easy to adjust, thank you!

[MemoryDealers]

Bump.

Some more testers needed please.

[chriswilmer]

This is awesome!

[chriswilmer]

Hah, just realized this is a year old... I've really been needing something like this. My plan, in case anyone is interested, is to use this to fundraise for my scientific research projects. I recently accepted position as a university professor at research university and I think it would  be interesting to see if people would be willing to contribute to research on molecular machines and such.

-Chris

[MemoryDealers]

Hah, just realized this is a year old...

The updates to the site are just a few weeks old.

[chriswilmer]

Hmm... I can't seem to make nice widgets like other people have posted here. There's no theme selection either... am I missing something?

While I am providing feedback, I created a fundraising goal of $100 K USD and it saved the widget with a $99999.9999 goal, which is a little annoying.

Do you want feedback here or elsewhere?

[r3wt]

Big props to memory dealers team! first bitcoinstore and now this. how bout a round of applause!

[MemoryDealers]

Do you want feedback here or elsewhere?

Feedback here will be fine.

[chriswilmer]

Do you want feedback here or elsewhere?

Feedback here will be fine.

OK, some quick thoughts:

1) Please have three buttons: Next step, previous step, and save widget (instead of one button). It's annoying when I just want to edit the title of the widget but not change anything else.

2) More customization options? I assume this must be coming.

3) The "about" text is currently unreadable. I can post a screenshot if necessary.

4) Can the deadline for the fundraising goal be optional? I don't need to have deadlines for my purposes (whenever the money is raised, the project begins).